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However, whether <jats:italic>HTR2A<\/jats:italic> single nucleotide variants (SNVs) modulate neuropathic pain states in patients has not been investigated so far. The aim of this study was to elucidate the potential association of <jats:italic>HTR2A<\/jats:italic> variants with sensory abnormalities or ongoing pain in neuropathic pain patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>At total of 240 neuropathic pain patients and 253 healthy volunteers were included. Patients were phenotypically characterized using standardized quantitative sensory testing (QST). Patients and controls were genotyped for <jats:italic>HTR2A<\/jats:italic> g.\u20101438G\u00a0&gt;\u00a0A (rs6311) and c.102C\u00a0&gt;\u00a0T (rs6313). Genotype\u2010related differences in QST parameters were assessed considering QST profile clusters, principal somatosensory components and sex.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There was an equal distribution of rs6313 and linked rs6311 between patients and controls. However, the rs6313 variant was significantly associated with a principal component of pinprick hyperalgesia and dynamic mechanical allodynia, indicating enhanced CS in patients with sensory loss (\u22120.34\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.15 vs. +0.31\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.11 vs., <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001). In this cluster, the variant allele was also associated with single QST parameters of pinprick hyperalgesia (MPT, +0.64\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.18 vs. \u22120.34\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.23 <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.002; MPS, +0.66\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.17 vs. \u22120.09\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.23, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.009) and ongoing pain was increased by 30%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The specific association of the rs6313 variant with pinprick hyperalgesia and increased levels of ongoing pain suggests that the HTR2A receptor might be an important modulator in the development of CS in neuropathic pain.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Significance<\/jats:title><jats:p>This article presents new insights into serotonin receptor 2A\u2010mediating mechanisms of central sensitization in neuropathic pain patients. 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